Hair curler



7 HAIR CURLER Filed M rc 13, 1945 INVENTOR.

OENEV Patented Oct. 14, 1947 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CUBLEZB Emily L. WatsomSanMarino, Calif. Application March 13, 1945, Serial No. 582,565

3 Claims.

My invention .relates to hair curlers and parsix or a dozen of expensive construction and because of having a number of articulating parts which are apt to come out of adjustment or pull apart during long periods of use. This has'been particularly true of a great many hair curlers previously designed because of their inadaptability to make curls of a variety of different sizes. When too much hair is wound upon the average hair curler it is quite apt to strain the parts causing them to wear out rather quickly.

With these requirements object of my invention is improved hair curler which consists of a relatlvely minimum number of parts and is adapted to produce a neat, inwardly or outwardly directed curl.

Another object of my .invention is to provide a new and improved hair curling device of relatlvely simple construction which is adapted to spread the'strands of hair when rolled upon it so as to produce a smooth, even curl.

Still another object of my invention is to produce a new and improved hair curling device consisting of a maximum of two parts which are readily attachable to each other in order to hold strands of hair spread evenly upon one of them and which can be readily separated when the curl is set without disturbing the regularity of the curl thus formed.

Another object still is to provide a new and improved hair curler wherein .an element about which strands are to be rolled is roughened just sufficiently to firmly grasp the strands of hair without damaging them during its application.

A further object is to provide a hair curler. having two parts cooperable in such a manner .in view, therefore, an to provide a new and that they'may be used advantageously regardless F of the quantity of hair which may be rolled upon one oi-t'hem and without straining or damaging the device.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement plated, considerable di fiiculty large. loose curls,

and combination of the various parts of my device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more tully set forth, pointed out my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitdinal, sectional view of one embodiment of the device.

Fig. 2 is :a cross-sectional view of my device one the line Ill-Ii of Fig. l.

3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, the outside element.

- Fig. 5 is a longitudinal-view, partly in section, oiv a modified term of the device.

6 is a fragmentary, sectional view or still a second modified form of the device.

In making and setting curls in womens hair, it is commonly appreciated that the most attractive curls are large, loose curls which most nearly approximate natural curls, as contrasted with small, tight curls which have a tendency to produce an artificial eiiect. In order to make large, loose curls, relatively large "curlers must be used.

When hair-curlers of this type are c0ntemis experienced in securely clamping and holding the strands of hair on the. curler for a time long enough to 'permit the curl to set. In devices now used for the purpose of producing large, loose curls, the devices, for the most part, have been so large that they have necessitated a rather complicated mechanism for grasping the strands of hair "so that they may be tightly held for as long as it is necessary to have the curl set. Where complicated clamping mechanisms have been used in making large curls, they are usually darn-aged rather quickly becauseoi the tendency of the average user to roll more hair upon the curl than it is designed to hold In order to produce,

perspective View of a curler which will make a problem is presented of making the device or *sutficiently light-weight and inexpensive material so that it may be available in the numbers requiredby the average user and also of making it simple toloperateso that it may be quickly and readily applied and as quickly and readily removed without disturbing the set of the curl too much.

In an embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings, there is provided a relatively thinwalled cylindrical body l-ll having a series of ven tilating perforations l l throughout and which has an inside diameter of such size that the body can be readily slipped over the index finger of 3 the average operator. sheet material, the longitudinal edges l2 and [3 of the opening facilitate slipping the clip into position over wound strands of hair.

In order that the clip may remain securely till another embodiment of In s shown in Fig. 6, roughening of the surface of eter of the flanges l4 and I5.

There has thus been provided a hair curler rected to the making of loose, large curls in a or damaged during use. Bodies and clips thus formed are readily interchangeable one with another and can be applied and removed with perfect ease.

I claim:

1. In a hair curler: a body member comprising a perforated sheet bent to tubular form, said sheet having abutting edges and having outwardly turned annular flanges at its ends for confining strands of hair wound upon said body member; a tubular resilient perforated sheet having a diameter greater than said body member and a length of approximately the distance between said flanges, said sheet being longitudi-" nally split for adapting the same to be spread and clipped upon said body member, said clip sheet being cooperative with said flanges in confining said strands of hair upon said body member; and means on the outer surface of the body member for holding strands of hair thereon comprising a comb forming a part of one of the abutting edges of the body member.

2. A hair curler comprising a thin-walled cylindrical tube having ventilating perforations therein, flange means carried by the ends of said tube forretaining strands of hair on said tube, said tube having a plurality of closely spaced projections extending substantially throughout the length thereof for positioning the strands of hair in a lateral direction on said tube and in parallel relation to each other, and a clip comprising a perforated, resilient substantially cylindrical element having a diameter less than the diameter of the outer circumference of said flange means and greater than the diameter of the tube, said clip having a length to flt between the flange means and having a longitudinal opening of less width than the diameter of the cylindrical body.

3. A hair curler comprising a thin-walled cylindrical body having ventilating perforations therein, flange means carried at each end of said body for retaining the strands of hair, a comb running longitudinally relative to the body, and

a clip comprising a perforated, resilient substantially cylindrical element having a diameter less than the diameter of the outer circumference of said flange means and greater than the diameter of the body, said clip having a length to fit between the flange means and having a longitudinal opening of less width than thediameter of the cylindrical body.

REFERENCES CITED EMILY L. WATSON.

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Wegefarth June 10, 1890 Hammerly Dec. 13, 1927 Mussy Feb. 6, 1934 Weiss Dec. 18, 1945 

